River Nymphs inhabit the rivers of the Splinterlands. Shy and reclusive, they usually remain hidden beneath the water's surface. However, they have a strong respect for life, and they have been known to aid those in need. They are also fiercely protective of their homes and will defend it if it is threatened.
The young mage slung spell after spell at the five eldritch creatures advancing toward him out of the forest. However, his magics had no effect. The beasts stalked toward him. He staggered backward until his sandals splashed into the shallows of the river flowing behind him. They had him surrounded. The things crouched, ready to leap and tear him to pieces.
Energy surged through the young mage. His fatigue vanished, and his eyes widened in surprise. He moved with an unnatural swiftness as he whirled his arms and cast his spells, and this time, they tore into the eldritch creatures, leaving bloody gashes.
Two of the creatures fell dead. A third charged him, and he blasted it full in the face. It collapsed. But the young mage was unbalanced, and the last two leaped at him. No time to react.
A burst of water magic exploded from somewhere behind him and slammed into the two creatures in succession. They let out a shriek, nightmarish skin smoking. Then they, too, fell and died.
The young mage whirled. Behind him, a slender woman with flawless blue-green skin, pointed ears, and luxurious dark-blue hair stood in the river. The water flowed around her slim waist, and her fingertips traced circles in the current. Her features were elegant and graceful. A magical fae, born of the river, he though in awe. She was the most beautiful creature he'd ever seen.
She shot him a crooked grin, winked, and vanished beneath the water's surface.
The Water Splinter is one of my favorite amongst all the other Splinters, because they are versatile and includes a lot of pretty strong monsters. I am playing in modern format, so the best days with Alric is gone, but the new Chaos Summoner of Kelya is almost on the same level like him, but I need to use different strategies with it.
Currently the meta uses a lot of Poison monster such as the Ureaus and Deeplurker, but with the Briar Patch ruleset in my battle I was pretty safe against them. 😇
This week's battle challenge features the River Nymph, so let's see her stats and abilities on all levels. 😁
The River Nymph is very situational monster, because her most important ability is the Cleans, which removes all negative effects on the Monster in the first position on the friendly team. She receives this ability from Level one onwards and it is pretty good in a Noxious Fumes ruleset, where every monster has Poison. 😎
On Level 5 she will get the Amplify ability, which will increases the Magic Reflect, Return Fire, and Thorns damage to all enemy monsters by one. This ability is quite strong especially with the three new ruleset where all the monsters receive the Thorn, Return Fire or Magic Reflect abilities.
On her last Level, which is eight she will get the Swiftness ability to increase the speed of her friendly monsters by one.
There are many better cards than the River Nymph for the same amount of mana, but her Cleanse ability could mean a huge difference in a "special" battle. 😉
| Ruleset | Description |
|---|---|
| Earthquake | Non-flying Monsters take 2 Melee damage at the end of each round. |
| Briar Patch | All monsters have the Thorns ability. |
My lineup and the decision behind it!
Summoner
Quix The Devious
Quix the Devious is a Dragon Summoner and such it is possible to mix your favorite Splinter with the strongest monsters in the game, which is the Dragons. He is a de-buffer, which means that his abilities are to reduce the Ranged 🏹 attack and Speed 👟 of all enemy monsters for only four mana.
Main Tank
Chain Golem
The Chain Golem is one of the best tank within the game, because he is well protected against all type of attacks effectively halving their damage. The Shield will protect him against the incoming Melee ⚔️ and Ranged 🏹 damage and the Void will protect him against the Magic 🔮attacks.
Usually I rent him on Level 3 to give him the Piercing ability, but this time it was 4 times more expensive to rent that than the Level 2 version. 😎
Speedy Off-Tank
Djinn Oshannus
The Djinn Oshannus is the best reward legendary for many (including me 😁) players, because he is very strong. His damage is "only" two, but the high Speed, Void and Phase abilities defending him properly against any incoming threat, so he is very useful in the second position as an off-tank. 😉
Speedy Dodger
Void Dragon
I used the Void Dragon in this battle as an off-off tank who can fly, because the Earthquake will kill the Chain Golem and Djinn Oshannus eventually. He has huge Speed, which is a perfect combination with the Phase and Void abilities against Magic creatures. He has Thorn from the ruleset, so he is quite good against Melee attack monsters as well. 😁
"Multi" Damage Dealer
Chaos Dragon
The Chaos Dragon as I said many times is my all time favorite Dragon. He is my auto pick monster in a 40 mana cap battles. The only issue I have with him, which can be good and bad is his Scattershot ability, which makes this monster to attack random enemy monsters.
The Blast paires perfectly with the Scattershot ability to damage two other monsters next to his target. The Blind makes all enemy Melee and Ranged attacks to have an increased chance of missing their target. (+15% trigger chance) 😊
Cleaning Manager
River Nymph
The River Nymph damage is not good, but her strength is her abilities. The Cleanse is very good to remove any negative effects from the monster in the first position and the Amplify will increase the reflected Thorn damage back to the attackers. 😇
Life Leecher Damage Dealer
Runemancer Kye
The Runemancer Kye is an amazing monster, but she is a bit pricey with her 11 mana cost. I use her mostly because of her 3 Magic 🔮 damage, which is a lot. The Life Leech ability is making her to sustain much more damage, because she will increase her own life with every damage she makes.
She is very good in the Earthquake ruleset, because she is a flyer as well. 😊
As soon as I saw the ruleset of the Briar Patch, where every monster has the Thorn ability I knew this battle is meant for the River Nymph. 😁 My opponent brought three Melee attack creature, which will determine the outcome of this battle pretty quickly. The River Nymph and her Amplify ability will deal three damage back instead of the two against all the Melee attack creatures, which is amazing.
The only problem I had with the River Nymph is the fact that she can't fly, so she will die within two round, still she might deal a lot of damage.
My opponent picked the same summoner as me, but luckily he had only a Level 1 version of him and his monsters were lower Leveled than mine. Even if he would have the same Level of monsters such as mines I do not think that he would win this battle thanks to my River Nymph. 😁
I like to help new players 😉, so if you are just starting this game and you can use my referral link to sign-up and also write me a message on Discord (LordDiablooo#3750), so I will send you 100 DEC and few key cards (delegated for an entire season) to kick off your career in Splinterlands. 😊
If you would like to use some of my dividers I have created for your blog feel free to use them following this link. 😉
Thank you so much 🙏 that you took the time to read my Weekly Battle Challenge.
I hope it was informative and you liked it. 🤞